PROCESS FOR THE RECYCLING OF SOLID PHASE BONDED CTC-RESIN

PROCEDE DE RECYCLAGE D'UNE CTC-RESINE LIEE EN PHASE SOLIDE

English Abstract

The present invention relates to a recycling process for the preparation of
solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl chloride (2-CTC resin) useful for solid
phase peptide synthesis. Specifically what is claimed is a process for the
preparation of solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl chloride (2-CTC resin) of
formula I, wherein Ps is a polymeric support and n has the following meaning:
1 >= n> 0 comprising the reaction of solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl of
formula II, wherein R is OH or/and OC1-4-alkyl or/and NR'R" wherein R' and R"
independently of each other represent C1-4-alkyl, or R' and R" together with
the nitrogen to which they are bonded represent a 5 to 8 membered heterocyclic
radical in the presence of a chlorinating agent and an organic solvent.

French Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de recyclage destiné à la préparation d'un 2-chlorotrityl chlorure (2-CTC résine) lié en phase solide et utile pour une synthèse de peptides en phase solide. Plus précisément, l'invention concerne un procédé de préparation d'un 2-chlorotrityl chlorure lié en phase solide (2-CTC résine) de formule I, dans laquelle Ps représente un support polymère et n a la signification suivante: 1 = n> 0, comprenant la réaction du 2-chlorotrityl lié en phase solide de formule II, dans laquelle R désigne OH et/ou un OC¿1-4?-alkyle et/ou NR'R", où R' et R" représentent de manière indépendante un alkyle en C¿1-4?,¿ ?ou R' et R" conjointement avec l'azote auquel ils sont liés représentent un radical hétérocyclique comprenant entre 5 et 8 chaînons en présence d'un agent de chloration et d'un solvant organique.

Claims

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CLAIMS
1. A process for the preparation of solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl chloride
(2-CTC resin) of formula I
<IMG>
wherein Ps is a polymeric support and n has the following meaning: 1 .gtoreq.
n > 0
comprising the reaction of solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl of formula II
<IMG>
wherein R is OH or/and OC1-4-alkyl or/and NR'R"
wherein R' and R" independently of each other represent C1-4-alkyl, or R' and
R"
together with the nitrogen to which they are bonded represent a 5 to 8
membered
heterocyclic radical
in the presence of HCl and an organic solvent.
2. A process for the preparation of solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl chloride
(2-CTC resin) of formula I

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<IMG>
wherein Ps is a polymeric support and n has the following meaning: 1 .gtoreq.
n > 0
comprising the reaction of solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl of formula II
<IMG>
wherein R is OH and OC1-4-alkyl or/and NR'R"
wherein R' and R" independently of each other represent C1-4-alkyl, or R' and
R"
together with the nitrogen to which they are bonded represent a 5 to 8
membered
heterocyclic radical
in the presence of a chlorinating agent and an organic solvent.
3. The process according to claim 2 wherein the chlorinating agent is PCl5,
PCl3, POCl3, SOCl2, CH3COCl, CO2Cl2, (CH3)3SiCl or HCl.
4. The process according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the organic solvent is
toluene, chlorobenzene, CH2Cl2, DMSO, NMP, DMF, alkylethers, DME, Diglyme,
THF or dioxane.
5. The process according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent is dioxane,
and the amount of the HCl in the dioxane is > 0 to about 40 g/l00 ml.

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6. The process according to claim 2, wherein the organic solvent is dioxane,
the chlorinating agent is HCl, and the amount of the HCl in the dioxane is > 0
to about
40 g/100 ml.
7. The process according to any one of claims 1-6 wherein n has the
following meaning: 0.9 .gtoreq. n .gtoreq. 0.5.
8. The process according to any one of claims 1-7 wherein the reaction
temperature is between 0 and 110°C.
9. The process according to any one of claims 1-8 wherein the reaction time
is 6-96 h.
10. The process according to any one of claims 1-9 wherein the process is
carried out in a single percolation or in repetitive percolations.

Description

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Process for the recycling of solid phase bonded ctc-resin
Trityl resins are useful solid phase bonded protecting groups, originally
developed
for solid phase peptide synthesis and as well used for solid phase organic
synthesis. Solid
phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl chloride (2-CTC resin) is commercial available
[CBL Patras]
and based on crosslinked polystyrene (Ps) or modified polystyrenes (e. g.
tentagel,
polystyrene grafted with polyethyleneglycol) [ 1: catalog ACT, Noviabiochem] .
The 2-
CTC linker is an acid labile resin and because of its excellence properties
playing a
significant role in novel linker technology [2: THL 1997, 6347, 2629; Int. J.
Pep. Prot. Res.
37 (1991) 513]. Cleavage of peptides from 2-CTC resin can be effected by
treatment
under very mild acidic conditions (e. g. dilute TFA/DCM, AcOH/DCM, HFIP) [ 1,
3:
1o Liebigs A. 1988, 1079, THL 1997, 7299] . Despite being an expensive [ 1 ]
and a valuable
synthetic tool, a simple, efficient, gentle, reproducible experimental
description for the
recycling of - in solid phase synthesis - "used 2-CTC resin" without any loss
of activity is
so far unknown in the literature.
To synthesize 2-CTC resin from the 2-chlorotriphenylcarbinol resin (2-CT-OH
~5 resin), references are given to the experimental procedure of the parent
tritylchloride
resin from the triphenylmethanol resin in an analogous manner [4: THL 1989,
3943;
Can. J. Chem. 54 ( 1976) 926] or more detailed [ 1, 5: THL 1998, 3241; 6:
React. Funct.
Polym. 41 ( 1999) 111 ] .
AcCI, SOCIZ, C02CI2 or (CH3)3SiCl
2-CT-OH resin 2-CTC resin
2o WO 01/85758 A2 [7] discloses the recycling of carboxylic acid (e.g.
preferably
trilluoroacedic acid) trityl ester resins with HCl in CHzCIz. Apart of the
fact that
trifluoroacedic acid trityl esters are subject to hydrolysis [8: Z. Phy. Chem.
113 (1978)
199] and therefore difficult to handle, the reexamination of the example given
in [7]
achieved only 77% of the content of active chloride [6] before use.

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HCI/CHZCIZ
R
CI
R = C,,4 alkyl, C~.4 haloalkyl 2-CTC resin
After loading of 2-CTC resin with Fmoc-amino acids, unreacted active sites are
end-capped with alcohols, especially methanol and Fmoc protecting groups are
deprotected with amines, especially piperidine [ 1, 9: W. C. Chan, P. D. White
in Fmoc
Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis] leading to a certain amount of methylether and
amine
substructures in the resin. These substructures decrease the yield of the
recycling step and
consequently the activity (content of active chloride) of the recycled resin.
Surprisingly it has now been found, that by carrying out a reaction of used 2-
CTC
resin (comprising of a compound of formula II) in the presence of a
chlorinating agent
and an organic solvent, the recovered 2-CTC resin achieved unexpectedly the
content of
active chloride [6] before use. Further it has been found that above recycling
of "used
resin" surprisingly took place quantitatively due to conversion of compound of
formula
II wherein R is as defined below to 2-CTC resin. The recycled 2-CTC resin
loaded
successful Fmoc-Trp(Boc) or Fmoc-Leu [9: p. 217]. It was found that
chlorination with
> 5 HCl in the presence of an organic solvent is also applicable for the
conversion of 2-CT-
OH resin to 2-CTC resin.
The present invention describes a process for the preparation of solid phase
bonded
2-chlorotrityl chloride (2-CTC resin) of formula I
I
2o wherein Ps is a polymeric support and n has the following meaning: 1 >_ n>
0
comprising the reaction of solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl of formula II

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,n II
wherein R is OH or/and OC1_4-alkyl or/and NR'R"
wherein R' and R" independently of each other represent C,_4-alkyl, or R' and
R"
together with the nitrogen to which they are bonded represent a 5 to 8
membered
heterocyclic radical
in the presence of a chlorinating agent and an organic solvent.
In a further embodiment the reaction is carried out wherein
R is OH, OCH3, OCzHS, OC3H~, and
R' and R" independently of each other represent methyl, ethyl, or
1o R' and R" together with the nitrogen to which they are bonded represent
piperidine
most preferred wherein R is OH or/and OCH3 or/and piperidine
in the presence of HCl and an organic solvent.
The term "polymeric support" within the present invention means polymeric
resins
suitable for use in solid phase synthesis, or surfaces in which polymers,
having synthesis
properties similar to these polymeric resins are attached to a solid support,
or modified
silica gels suitable for use in solid phase synthesis, preferably polystyrene
(0-25%
divinylbenzene crosslinked), more preferred 0-10% divinylbenzene crosslinked
and most
preferred I% divinylbenzene crosslinked.
The term "solid phase bonded 2-chlorotrityl" within the present invention
means
2-chlorotrityl bonded to the polymeric support as defined above.
The value "n" within the present invention has the following meaning: 1 >_ n>
0,
therefore the value "n" may be between 0 and 1, whereas 1 is included. In a
preferred
embodiment, the value "n" has the following meaning: 0.9 >_ n >_ 0.5.
The term "alkyl" as used herein denotes an optionally substituted straight or
branched chain hydrocarbon residue containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as
methyl,

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ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, 1-sec-butyl, isobutyl and tert.-butyl.
Preferably, the
term "alkyl" denotes an optionally substituted straight or branched chain
hydrocarbon
residue containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms. More preferred the term "alkyl"
denotes a
methyl or ethyl group. Most preferred the term "alkyl" denotes a methyl group.
Within the present invention a compound of formula II wherein R is OH or/and
OC1_4-alkyl or/and NR'R" wherein R' and R" independently of each other
represent
C1_4-alkyl, or R' and R" together with the nitrogen to which they are bonded
represent a 5
to 8 membered heterocydic radical (preferably wherein R is OH, OCH3, OCzHS,
OC3H~,
dimethylamine, diethylamine, methylethylamine or/and piperidine; most
preferred
1o wherein R is OH or/and OCH3 or/and piperidine) is used.
The ratio of OH and OC,_4-alkyl and NR'R" may be between 100:0:0 and 0:100:0
and 0:0:100. In a preferred embodiment the compound of formula II wherein R is
OH is
enriched.
Within the present invention 5 to 8 membered heterocyclic radicals for the
term
15 NR'R" are the following moieties: pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl.
According to the present invention, "used resin" (formula II), obtained after
peptide cleavage [ 1, 3], e.g. in the case of T-20 or T-1249 [ 10: US
5,464,933, US 6258782]
and quenching with pyridine (traces of water) [ 11: JACS 80 ( 1958) 812], was
recycled
after washing (e.g. dioxane) in the presence of a chlorinating agent and an
organic
2o solvent. The carbinol substructure in "used resin" could be verified by IR-
spectroscopy
(voH = 3566 cm-1). Trace amounts of Methanol (evidence of minimum -OCH3
content in
"used resin") could be detected by GC in the filtrate of the recycling
experiments and
nitrogen content by elemental analysis of "used resin". The recycling reaction
may be
carried out in organic solvents: e. g. toluene, chlorobenzene, CHZCIz, DMSO,
NMP ( 1-
25 metyl-2-pyrrolidinone), DMF, ethers or cyclic ethers with high absorption
capacity of
HCl gas (such as alkylethers, DME, Diglyme, THF or dioxane). The recycling
reaction is
preferably carried out in the presence of THF or dioxane, most preferred in
the presence
of dioxane.
Further, the recycling reaction may be carried out with chlorinating agents
known
3o from textbooks about organic chemistry (e.g. from J. March ( 1992),
"Advanced Organic
Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure", 4'h ed. John Wiley & Sons)
such as
PCIs, PCl3, POCl3, SOCl2, CH3COC1, COzCIz, (CH3)3SiCl or HCI. Preferred
chlorinating
agents are PCIs, PCl3, POC13 or HCI, and most preferred chlorinating agent is
HCI.
In a further embodiment, the present invention may be carried out in a single
35 percolation or in repetitive percolations.

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In a preferred embodiment, the process is carried out with excess HCI.
The reaction may be carried out at a temperature between 0°C and
110°C
preferably at a temperature between 0-50°C and most preferred at a
temperature between
10°C and 25°C.
The reaction may be carried out in the organic solvent (preferred dioxane or
THF,
most preferred dioxane) wherein the HCl content is about 10-20 g/100 ml, most
preferred > 20 g/100 ml.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the reaction may be carried out in
the
organic solvent (preferred dioxane or THF, most preferred dioxane) wherein the
HCl
io content is > 0 to about 40 g/100m1, preferably 10-35 g/100 ml, and most
preferred 20-30
g/ 100 ml.
The reaction may be carried out for 6-96 h preferably for 17-96 h and most
preferred for 21-24 h.
15 Experimental part:
In a double-walled jacket reactor with glass frit bottom 5 g pure "used resin"
(formula II) was - optionally after pretreatment in the organic solvent (table
1) and
suction of the solvent - stirred slowly in the organic solvent (table 1) with
dissolved
chlorinating agent (table 1) at specified reaction temperature (T: table 1)
for specified
2o reaction time (t: table 1). After completion of the percolation and suction
of the reaction
solution the remaining resin was washed with the reaction solvent, treated
with hexane
and dried under vacuum at 35°C. The content of active chloride (table
1) of the recycled
2-CTC resin (formula I) was determined [6J and its content of nitrogen by
elemental
analysis was below detection limit. The virgin 2-CTC resin (formula I) had
content of
25 active chloride before use: 1.27 mol/kg. The "used resin" (formula II) had
no active
chloride before use [6] and the content of compound of formula II wherein R is
OC1_4-
alkyl is lower 5% but higher 0%, and the content of nitrogen is lower 0.2% but
higher
0%.

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Table 1:
formular solvent chlorinating T [C] t content of
II agent [h] active
R is chloride [mol/kg]
OH, OCH3,80 ml toluene 10 ml PCl3 25 17 0.76
piperidine
OH, OCH3,80 ml toluene 10 ml PCl3 50 17 0.75
piperidine
OH, OCH3,80 ml toluene 10 ml POC13 25 17 0.62
piperidine
OH, OCH3,80 ml toluene 10 ml SOC12 25 17 0.97
piperidine
OH, OCH3,80 ml toluene 10 ml SOCIz 110 15 1.02
piperidine
OH, OCH3,80 ml toluene 10 ml CH3COC1 25 17 0.39
piperidine
OH, OCH3,80 ml toluene 10 ml CH3COC1 50 17 1.03
piperidine
OH, OCH3,200 ml toluene10 g PCIs 110 17 0.77
piperidine
OH, OCH3,120 ml CHzCl2 10 g PC15 25 17 1.22
piperidine
OH, OCH3,80 ml CHZCIz 10 ml SOCIz 40 65 0.97
piperidine

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OH, OCH3,40 ml dioxane 9.8 g HCl 25 24 1.22
piperidine (24.5 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,50 ml dioxane 8.7 g HCl 25 24 1.29
piperidine (17.4 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,71 ml dioxane 11.1 g HCl 25 17 1.14
piperidine (15.6 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 9.2 g HCl 25 24 1.21
piperidine (10.2 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 14 g HCl 25 24 1.23
piperidine (15.6 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 14 g HCl 10 24 1.23
piperidine (15.6 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 14 g HCl 25 65 1.18
piperidine (15.6 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,2x 90 ml dioxane2x 14 g HCl 25 2x 1.16
24
piperidine (15.6 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 14 g HCl 25 20 1.21
piperidine(no pretreatment)(15.6 g/100
ml)
OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 24.3 g HCl 25 21 1.29
piperidine (27 g/100 ml)
OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 24.3 g HCl 25 20 1.27
OCZHS, (27 g/100 ml)
piperidine

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OH, OCH3,90 ml dioxane 23 g HCl 25 22 1.31
i-OC3H~ (25.5 g/100
ml)
OH 90 ml dioxane 18.9 g HCl 25 24 1.6
(21 g/100 ml)
OH 90 ml THF 19.7 g HCl 25 18 0.99
(21.9 g/100
ml)
OH 90 ml THF 31.1 g HCl 25 24 1.15
(34.5 g/HCl)
From the data presented in Table 1 it is clear, that by carrying out the
reaction
according to the present invention the recovered 2-CTC resin achieved
unexpectedly the
content of active chloride before use.

Representative Drawing